00:00 We will continue to greet and introduce our future teachers
00:05 who are not tired and who are making sacrifices
00:08 to add to the knowledge of our students.
00:12 Of course, extra points for effort
00:14 to my fellow teachers who are thinking of different ways to teach.
00:20 Let's sit-in in class with Bona Kino.
00:24 [music]
00:29 It's still early in the morning,
00:31 and it's already time to get dressed for Jessa, who is 27 years old.
00:35 [music]
00:38 With all her makeup and hairdo.
00:40 [music]
00:42 She won't be doing commercial taping
00:44 or photoshoot for a magazine cover.
00:47 [music]
00:52 This is how Jessa normally looks when she goes to work.
00:56 [speaking Filipino]
01:00 [music]
01:04 Your artistic beauty is just one preschool teacher.
01:09 Good morning, Miss. Orr!
01:12 Welcome!
01:13 Welcome!
01:15 Meet Teacher Jessa,
01:16 a kindergarten teacher from San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
01:20 [speaking Filipino]
01:23 Hello, everyone!
01:24 Hi!
01:25 Hi, everyone!
01:26 [speaking Filipino]
01:29 Good morning, Miss. Orr!
01:32 Teacher Jessa, you're so beautiful.
01:34 But how did you end up teaching?
01:37 Actually, this wasn't my first choice.
01:42 When I was in college, my first choice was tourism.
01:46 What influenced you to teach?
01:50 The kids, actually.
01:53 I tried teaching online,
01:56 but there was no classroom setting.
01:57 I really love classroom settings.
01:59 The interaction with the kids.
02:01 Especially during the pandemic,
02:03 I wanted to see the kids in the classroom,
02:05 teaching.
02:06 Even if it's hard, I enjoy it.
02:09 [laughs]
02:12 Take her outside.
02:14 [laughs]
02:16 Go outside!
02:17 [laughs]
02:19 How do you maintain your composure?
02:22 Or your beauty?
02:24 Because we know that kids are a bit naughty.
02:27 Before I started this job,
02:30 I knew that kids are naturally playful.
02:35 So I need to have a lot of patience.
02:39 But of course, you can't avoid it.
02:41 It's annoying when you think that you're the only one.
02:46 There are 27 to 30 kids in a classroom.
02:49 So I don't like it when they're all naughty.
02:51 It's really stressful.
02:53 But I keep on reminding myself that I'm here as a teacher
02:57 to teach them.
02:59 Teacher Jessa has been teaching for 7 years.
03:03 Like the normal kindergarten class,
03:06 the kids enjoy nursery rhymes
03:09 and charts with drawings.
03:12 For her, teaching small kids is challenging.
03:16 But she's more comfortable with this
03:18 compared to elementary and high school students.
03:22 In high school, I feel like I'm just being bullied.
03:25 That's what I was thinking.
03:27 So I said, at least in early childhood,
03:29 we'll just have a voice.
03:31 [laughs]
03:32 Okay, class!
03:34 Not only students enjoy this.
03:37 But there are also people who are jealous of her.
03:40 Wow!
03:41 Who?
03:42 You're sad.
03:43 Me!
03:44 Why are you sad?
03:45 We're going to make her sad.
03:48 Because of her beauty and charisma on screen,
03:51 many netizens followed her posts on Twitter and Feelgood.
03:56 Come here!
03:57 And she's also known on social media as Miss Jess,
04:06 a preschool teacher in the morning,
04:08 a TikTokerist in the afternoon.
04:12 She also creates online content as a sidelight
04:15 when her classes are over.
04:18 Traditional teachers just waste their time in the classroom.
04:24 But you have a different image of being a teacher.
04:29 For me, I'm not just a teacher.
04:32 I also have a life outside of school.
04:34 I want to enjoy my life every day.
04:38 Because they have a small life,
04:40 and you haven't enjoyed it yet.
04:41 You haven't done the things that will make you happy.
04:43 So, for me,
04:44 if they think that a teacher should be inside the classroom,
04:48 and that's all they do,
04:49 teachers are not just teachers.
04:52 We have our personal lives,
04:54 we also have hobbies.
04:57 We have different hobbies aside from being a teacher.
05:02 Here in her room,
05:04 Teacher Jessa spends her time creating vlogs
05:07 and other online content.
05:09 There.
05:11 I like it cold,
05:13 and I drink it every night.
05:15 Because she has a lot of followers,
05:18 she also got an endorser of some beauty and fitness products.
05:22 You can take this once or twice a day.
05:25 It's a 4-in-1.
05:26 It has glutathione, collagen, vitamin C, and Garcinia cambogia.
05:32 At present, she has 1.2 million followers on Facebook,
05:37 and 1.8 million on TikTok.
05:40 I hope all.
05:42 This is what I always use,
05:44 especially when I teach,
05:45 I need red lipstick so that the kids can see my lips.
05:49 For example, like this.
05:50 See, the shade is nice.
05:52 But do you limit yourself to this?
05:55 "This is how far I should post this?"
05:57 "Since the kids are following you, and the teenagers are following you."
06:01 Yes, actually.
06:02 I'm careful with what I post,
06:04 especially my viewers, my students.
06:07 Because when they enter the classroom,
06:09 they've already heard the story, they've already watched it.
06:11 So, as a content creator,
06:13 I need to be careful, especially now, with the kids.
06:16 And the kids are good at imitating the things they're watching.
06:21 So, there.
06:22 Even her Mr. Winbert,
06:24 he's already doing extra for his vlogs.
06:27 At first, I was shy, of course.
06:31 Then, when someone saw me outside,
06:33 they said I was good at dancing.
06:35 But it's okay.
06:38 When I saw the comments,
06:40 I checked the comments last night,
06:42 I was happy.
06:44 I made her happy,
06:45 and I made other people happy.
06:47 It's a way to relieve stress.
06:48 So, when she invited me,
06:50 I just went for it.
06:51 I'm always there to support her.
06:53 Since day one.
06:55 It's a blessing for Teacher Jess
06:58 that she's so popular on the internet.
07:00 Not only because she wants to be known,
07:02 but also because of the extra income she earns here.
07:06 Yes, actually, through online content,
07:08 I got endorsements.
07:10 That's where I was able to support myself.
07:14 I was able to support myself financially
07:16 because we know that the salary as a teacher
07:19 is not that big.
07:21 So, through online content,
07:23 I was able to buy the things I want,
07:27 and support what I want.
07:29 And I earned more than I expected.
07:33 And of course, that's because of your beauty,
07:35 Teacher Jess.
07:37 Do you have any questions
07:39 about being an artist?
07:42 Do you have any offers?
07:44 I have offers as a talent.
07:48 But if I leave my job as a teacher
07:52 to become an artist,
07:54 I don't think so.
07:55 Because this is the job I want.
07:57 Do you love Teacher Jess?
07:59 Yes!
08:01 I love her.
08:02 It's worth it, all the time and effort
08:04 that Teacher Jess puts in
08:06 whenever she sees her students
08:08 learning and smiling in the lobby.
08:12 And because of this,
08:13 she won't be able to leave
08:15 the job that's closest to her heart.
08:18 I feel like, yes, this is my calling.
08:21 I also saw that when I was in college.
08:23 When I started practicing teaching,
08:25 I think the ability that you can change lives,
08:28 that you can impact the lives of the students,
08:32 you can show them that they're learning from you,
08:35 that they're learning and enjoying every day.
08:38 If Teacher Jess is being left
08:42 because of her beauty and charisma,
08:45 the correct answer is...
08:47 There's another class in a province in the North
08:51 that seems to be enjoying the class
08:53 like it's in a game show.
08:55 Okay, the correct answer is...
08:58 0.986.
09:03 We met Teacher Zaldi here in Lungsod, Kandon,
09:08 in Ilocos Sur.
09:10 Zaldi.
09:11 Every day, she rides her bike for half an hour
09:16 to go to the town of Santa Maria
09:18 for her class every morning.
09:20 Grade 11 is the class that Teacher Zaldi teaches.
09:24 And the subject of her specialty...
09:27 Good morning, sir.
09:30 ...is what most people are afraid of.
09:32 Math.
09:34 So, can somebody give me the recap
09:39 of 4x plus 3?
09:42 And then, we have 7x.
09:46 And then, we have 3 minus 2.
09:50 What is 3 minus 2?
09:51 Okay, correct answer.
09:53 More than...
09:54 Okay, right answer.
09:55 3x, that is correct.
09:58 And 1 plus...
09:59 Why is it so hard for other students in math?
10:03 I feel like we're able to see
10:06 the gaps of students
10:09 when it comes to the basic and fundamental skills
10:13 that they have to learn in mathematics.
10:15 That's why it's hard for them to really catch up
10:18 with the lessons
10:19 because the basic operations that they need to perform,
10:23 that's where we have problems.
10:28 And then, eventually, when they grew up,
10:31 they lost their interest
10:33 because they thought it's really hard.
10:35 That's why, instead of just doing blackboard computations,
10:38 he made the students do it for more than an hour.
10:42 He uses gimmicks so that the whole class won't get tired.
10:47 The correct answer is...
10:49 0.0...
10:51 0.0...
10:56 0, I love you.
10:57 What are the different gimmicks that you do
11:03 to make your class more interesting?
11:06 Well, of course,
11:07 the gains during the gamification won't be lost.
11:11 We know that it's hard for them to solve it individually.
11:14 So, I guess they also need the help of their fellow classmates,
11:19 their classmates,
11:21 to how to interpret, how to solve, and how to analyze.
11:25 Then they'll think,
11:26 "Oh, it's fun.
11:27 He can learn more
11:29 when he has a classmate who can do it."
11:32 That's what we call "pre-teaching."
11:35 ♪ The birds send the messages ♪
11:38 Teacher Zaldi uploads some of his teaching sessions
11:42 on social media.
11:44 Aside from this,
11:45 Teacher Zaldi also makes vlogs at school
11:49 with his students.
11:51 Sir, why do you make videos with your students?
11:57 Is it your way of bonding with them?
12:00 Yeah, of course, that's one.
12:02 Bonding.
12:03 And I believe our students,
12:05 they're going through a lot of things,
12:07 especially when they're at home.
12:09 And I would like them to feel also,
12:11 because even me personally,
12:13 I've been a student,
12:15 and I know the feeling of being stressed
12:17 in class, and there are requirements.
12:21 What more if they are going through something at home,
12:24 and only inside the school or inside the classroom,
12:27 that they will have that kind of bonding, right?
12:30 So we're breaking the walls,
12:32 we're breaking some, you know, emotions.
12:35 It's super fun,
12:43 it's not boring to discuss.
12:47 His teaching is super enjoyable.
12:51 Math has not been boring because of Sir Zaldi.
12:54 Compared to before, I was afraid of math.
12:56 And math is becoming more lively because of him.
12:59 Sir, what is your message to the teachers
13:04 who are having a hard time teaching math?
13:07 I believe that math is not the only thing that is hard to teach,
13:10 but for those teachers who are having a struggle
13:13 in teaching mathematics,
13:15 I believe that you can do something more,
13:19 more than what you are doing right now.
13:21 You still have a lot to learn.
13:23 There are a lot of ways and creative ways
13:26 that we can do inside the class
13:28 so that learning will not just be fun,
13:30 but more interesting and we can really make it more fun
13:34 what we are doing inside the classroom.
13:36 Every teacher in the world has their own story.
13:41 Even if their work is hard,
13:43 the important thing is that they teach in a way that is happy
13:47 and innovative.
13:49 Good morning, Sir!
13:53 I am Vonna Kino, with a "Brigada."
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